Sciaridae

plural noun

Sci·​ar·​i·​dae

sīˈarəˌdē

: a family of minute usually dark or blackish two-winged flies some of which are destructive to mushrooms and to seedlings of higher plants see fungus gnat, sciara compare mycetophilidae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Sciara, type genus + -idae

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